Booke UC-NRLF Oliver Herf ord . JoKiv G^Jdil C^&^ 4 SoS''i J&ra 1 ^1 #-^ . \m i ^/ V^ The Scales THE SCALES Careful September doth exactly weigh. Upon her balance, equal Night and Day; But when I make my reckoning in the Fall I find there is no " balance '' there at all. CUPID^S FORECAST SEPTEMBER SOMEWHAT cooler feeling, and petu- lent storms more prevalent. Engaging weather becomes unsettled and breaks up. General moistness, followed by dow^npours, clearing up in some quarters, but generally cloudy and depressed, and the landscape will wear a gloomy and lonely appearance. OCTOBER s, corpio The Scorpion ^t?^ THE SCORPION 'Tis said the Scorpion, when hemmed in by Fire, Mocking the flames, will do herself to death. So Summer dying smiles upon her pyre Of maples fanned to flame by Autumn's breath. ^|lP^j> CUPID'S FORECAST OCTOBER SLIGHT return of warmer conditions but varying and unreliable. End of the month chilly. The first frost. The leaves of the Time Table begin to turn rapidly. This may be taken as a sign of a change and is followed by a return to a dense, high press- ure atmosphere. NOVEMBER \ } The Archer . 'tM THE ARCHER I hear the singing of his Cyprus bow As conies the Archer down the lonely ^vays. Through my sad heart his mournful arrows go, "Winged with the memories of Summer days. m- €> CUPID'S FORECAST NOVEMBER DULL feeling in the air. Unpleasant underfoot for Hearts. Dark, cloudy outlook, with small hope of clearing up. Heavy rain of bills, followed by many ter- rible male storms. Weather brightens slightly, but stuffy towards Thanksgiving. High w^inds follow, caused by everyone complaining at once about the ^veather. • DECEMBER r . If (JapricorD The Goat THE GOAT Frolic of foot yet bearded like a sage. The Goat may stand for Jovial Old Age. His horns are horns of plenty and good cheer. He is the jolly MASCOT of the year. Pattern of a nice Christmas present for a young man A good pattern for making up at any time CUPID^S FORECAST DECEMBER BRIGHTER. Very cold for those out- side, but warm on the inside, where there is a tendency to Hot Air. The cheer- ful sounds of Kissing Larks are heard under the mistletoe branches. Bracing weather everyw^here. Excellent for skates, and good slaying for Cupid. About the 25th of the month a terrific shower of gifts and good w^ishes may be looked for. The month w^ill end in violent Brain Storms. e^. ;^ESS*-?^ j> ADDENDA NOTE FOR many years the question has been much discussed as to the value, to Hearticulturists, of Moonlight as a plant food. From our own experiments we have found it of the greatest help and a decided stimulant to the Engagement Vines; the Proposal Plant invariably, although seem- ingly on the point of bursting into flow^er, defers its blossoming until a moonlight night ; w^hile our Hammock Vines have lost half their sweetness when Moonlight has not been supplied them. On the other hand, our Porch Climbers have not done so well with Moonlight. TIDES THEIR are two kinds of Tides, the Tied and the Untied. Most of the Tied would rather be Untied and all of the Untied want to be Tied— and they will. (This is life.) All through the Spring months the Untied w^ill be very active, in fact, until the full of the late June Moon, known as the *' Honeymoon," after w^hich time a tremendous increase may be noticed in the Tieds. This is often spoken of as '' the Swell of the Tied." Through the summer months the Tieds w^ill run smoothly (often because they are far apart). "With Fall, how^ever, many Tieds w^ill be again united and it w^ill be cold and squally and there will be very large bill owes and storms. But through it all the dear old Gulp Stream \vill ever flow merrily on, dispensing "Warmth, Good Cheer and Forgetfulness. Some famous Tiedal waves have been : Brigham Young Venus Blue Beard Solomon RESOLUTIONS >=br the ENSUING YEAR AbcOe resottition broKcn Date: O, W^ELL! .*•*--. 4 ^.& :i:!:i:i;::::::;s::::;:::;:|:;a:^ ^e YC 7 Ai tP'S'^eS i^ sJ ^ M117485 C5 pU s THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY A4 w